Agalliu Lab

@AgalliuLab

Laboratory of Dritan Agalliu, Ph.D. neuroimmunology / vascular biology / blood-brain barrier biology / neuroscience - account run by lab members

Columbia University columbiaagalliulab.org Joined November 2019

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Agalliu Lab @AgalliuLab Aug 16

The @AgalliuLab is so proud of both. @CharlotteRWayne (Charlotte Wayne) and @occludens (Ugur Akcan) for their hard work to get this amazing paper out! We also thank our donors, in particular @PANDASnetwork for continuing to support our research on PANDAS and Sydenham’s chorea.

PANDAS Network - Official Verified account @PANDASnetwork Aug 14

GROUNDBREAKING Research Columbia Univ., Mechanisms of PANDAS & Sydenham's chorea.

Principal investigator Dritan Agalliu, Ph.D.Chair of the PANDAS Network Scientific Advisory Board and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ugur Akcan PhD, and Charlotte Wayne have worked to understand how streptococcal bacteria underlie the acute encephalitic onset in children with PANDAS and Sydenham's chorea.
Read about it in our newsletter

pandas-network.kit.com/posts/groundbr…
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Agalliu Lab @AgalliuLab Aug 16

We need to develop a universal vaccine for Group A strep too, not just Group B, as it triggers a lot of secondary sequelae including neuropsychiatric ones.

nature Verified account @Nature Aug 15

Scientists are one step closer to developing a universal vaccine against the bacterium that causes pneumonia and meningitis

go.nature.com/4wlW5Q9
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Agalliu Lab @AgalliuLab Nov 14, 2025

This is a beautiful paper by Jeremy Nathans group!

eLife - the journal @eLife Nov 12, 2025

Findings reveal how TGF-beta signalling keeps the brain’s blood vessels healthy.

Disrupting this in brain blood vessels disrupts retinal development and triggers immune cell invasion, revealing its role in maintaining vascular–immune balance in the CNS.
elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

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Agalliu Lab @AgalliuLab Apr 3, 2025

We are extremely grateful to @PANDASPPN for their support of Dr. Ugur Akcan ( @occludens ) to continue his studies on the mechanisms by which RXRA affects immune responses in PANDAS/PANS after he lost his NIH fellowship. Thank you!!!!!

PANDAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK @PANDASPPN Apr 3, 2025

PPN awards @AgalliuLab funding to support Dr. Uğur Akcan's study which will provide insight into the mechanisms by which the RXRA genetic risk factor identified in PANDAS children affects immune responses that trigger psychological changes, including OCD. pandasppn.org/research-award…

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Agalliu Lab @AgalliuLab Nov 25, 2024

Lab brunch to celebrate the defenses of Connor + Mary Claire!! 🥳🙌🥳🥂